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May 29, 2008
Earthquake
I keep waking up at night convinced that the world is shaking, jolted into consciousness, moving without moving, uncertain if it's real or imagined.
I live near two large volcanoes and on top of an active fault line. A big earthquake or a large eruption will probably happen in the time that I live here, if I manage to grow old in Portland. I don't really know what to do with that information.
I guess a natural disaster is not exactly the apocalypse. If we survive the shaking, we'll be OK. The world will keep turning and we'll rebuild our lives.
Posted by Courtney_Sherwood at May 29, 2008 07:49 PM
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When your grandmother, my mother, was pregnant with Aunt Carol, she was in an earthquake in LA. She said the water in the sink was sloshing and the pictures on the wall were moving. All the while, she thought it was morning sickness! She was surprised and relieved when my dad got home from work and told her about the earthquake!
I have been in a couple of earthquakes. I remember one in Afghanistan where we all ran out of the house. Mirrors on the walls were broken and there was some cracks in the walls. I was little, so I don't really remember much.
We were in one in Thailand when you were about three or four. Your dad ran out of the house to see what was going on. We sat inside sort of stunned! No damage, just a slight rumble and the sound that goes with it.
I guess we are all walking on shaky ground in one way or another. Just, some of us are more aware of it than others...
Posted by: Mom at May 29, 2008 10:21 PM
Do you think maybe you've been watching/reading about the China earthquake a bit much?
Posted by: Rian at May 30, 2008 02:53 AM
I'm sure that has something to do with it.
Posted by: Courtney at May 30, 2008 06:48 AM